Directions:

In a large bowl, mix together cocoa powder, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Heat a large saucepan over medium heat and add milk and cream. Bring to a simmer, stirring every few minutes. Add 2-3 tablespoons of the milk to the cocoa and sugar, mixing thoroughly to create a paste. Once the entire thing is wet, use a spatula to add it to the milk and turn the heat down to low. Whisk continuously until smooth (do not let it boil), the whisk in chopped chocolate and vanilla extract.

Remove from heat and whisk in vodka, or add to each glass right before serving. Top with marshmallows and whipped cream.

For the Bailey’s marshmallows, I used this exact recipe for beer marshmallows, substituting Bailey’s for beer.

I’ve always thought homemade marshmallows were hard to make? But, you did it, so I’m assuming they can’t be that hard???

I’m getting that vodka NOW! It’s not cold enough yet in Texas for hot chocolate, but it is just right for vodka chocolate! ;-) On another note, I love those cups, and I’m looking for new dinnerware. After 20 years of marriage, it’s time for new dishes. The Pfaltzgraf just isn’t working for me anymore….sigh…Please tell me more about your cups, and do you have dishes and serving pieces to match? As always…your blog is the one of my favorites. Not only are your recipes fabulous, your writing is witty and amusing! Because of you, I always start my day with a smile. Thanks!

Thank you!! Yes – these are my dishes that we got for the wedding… they are Lenox Butler’s Pantry! Have the whole set.

I’ve never liked being a grown up so much before in my life.

I am FINALLY making this today. In fact, right after work I’m stopping at the liquer store just to buy this stuff. So at least I know, no matter how bad today turns out, I have something wonderfully amazing to look forward to afterwards. All I can say is, thank you!

I loveee hot chocolate and this is SO PRETTY! Looks amazing :-)

Baileys marshmallows?! A. mazing. I want to make these right now….yum!

OK, so, unsurprisingly, I’ve been wetting my pants over this since you posted it to Instagram yesterday. Then I had a reality check moment and realized that it was similar to the excitement I feel when I fall in love with an awesome sweater…that it’s SO RARELY going to be cold enough for me to enjoy tis. The sadness I feel about the fact that I have to wait two weeks till I’m in colder temperatures at Thanksgiving to enjoy this was deep. But then I realized that I get to drink this AS I wear my new awesome sweater and it’s like…I think it will be better for me than anyone else, just because I have to wait it out.

Also this should probably be my new desktop background now that the season for the pumpkin bourbon milkshakes has passed.

Beautiful!! Yum!!!

: )

Julie M.

oh man. this is heaven.

omg, YUM! hot cocoa is the best thing ever. Ive been known to drink it in the summer (oops!). but if definitely tastes better when its cold out and theres a light layer of snow on the ground and your cuddling with the one you love. :)
good thing Im missing two of the above. *sigh*

Um. They make marshmallow vodka? How was I not aware of this? Is it wrong that as I sit sipping my virgin Swiss Miss I want one of these instead? Right now. At my desk. At work? Do you deliver?

I just bought a bottle of Pinnacle Marshmallow Vodka over the weekend…and was wondering what to do with if when my college roommate visits later this week… thanks to this post, I have found inspiration! Thank you!! It looks delicious, I can’t wait to try it and blame the consumption of calories on my friend’s visit :)

Yes I’m drooling at the computer, wishing I could have a cup of this NOW! But knowing me I’d probably just eat all the marshmallows first :)

Can I just say this looks epic? And that I bought whipped cream vodka today.

Yumm…this looks so good. I recently received a sample of torini flavored syrup from She Speaks…I have been looking for creative ways to put it to use and I think this might be a good one! (PS – the holiday themed syrups are really fun – gingerbread and salted caramel – give them a try!)

holy yum.. this looks so fancy and sooooo yummy!

Im on my way to the gym but stopped for a moment to look at this. You know I dont have a sweet tooth unless it involves liquids and alcohol…so you got me on this one. This is too good to be true and to painful to look at right now but will be the first thing I do on a very cold night or maybe semi cold….its so beautiful and Baileys is my weakness.

Unfortunately I have no idea… I’m really not even familiar with gelatin so I have no clue what could be substituted. And all the vegan marshmallow recipes I’m looking at call for the agar!

I only have like 5 personal minutes to myself each week and yet I consistently find myself reading your blog, copying your recipes to make later, and then thanking you (silently) that you exist and blog… so, thank you thank you thank you thank you!!

Thank YOU!

So – I was intrigued, but skeptical. From everything I’ve learned about marshmallows, they don’t /work/ if there’s fat in the recipes. It was on a Good Eats episode – it stops the gelatin from trapping the air, therefore they don’t get all soft and fluffy. But – HEY! BAILEYS! So I tried it anyways.

The first thing I noticed – when boiling the Baileys with the sugar, the milk solids cooked out and browned. This was bit off-putting, but I don’t think it adversely affected the final product. After whipping the sugars for 10 mins, though, I was able to /pour/ the mix into the pyrex dish – not normal marshmallow behavior. As I expected, the marshmallows were rather… flat, and no where near as fluffy as they should have been. They taste /amazing/, don’t get me wrong! But I’m wondering if you got a different result?

I put these marshmallows on my sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving, by the by. OMG.

The same thing happened to me. I’ve made plain marshmallows before, and they turn out nice and light and fluffy. With the bailey’s, the gelatin just didn’t “bloom”. These marshmallows are heavy and thin…but taste good. I’m going to make Bailey’s whipped cream instead.

I tried the marshmallow recipe this weekend and I thought they were a bit flat too. But when I checked back today, mine did look like the ones pictured above. I noticed that the ‘mallows didn’t float (I guess b/c they are denser than commercial ‘mallows). I think I’ll try them again, maybe without as much Bailey’s. But these are delicious, my husband thought they were reminscent of Bailey’s flavored Peeps :)

Glad to see this. Mine EXPLODED and I had to switch pans TWICE. *Sigh* forgot about that whole dairy explosion situation. Gah! The mix tasted yummy, though!

So happy you mentioned this! I thought I was the only one, since I was looking at how fluffy the beer marshmallows were but then I checked back here and saw hers were flatter, and you had the same result! Thanks :)